Comments on frequent network maps: an obvious idea that took forever to happenTypePad2009-06-26T03:39:01ZJarrett at HumanTransit.orghttp://www.humantransit.org/tag:typepad.com,2003:http://www.humantransit.org/2009/06/frequent-network-maps-an-obvious-idea-that-took-forever-to-happen/comments/atom.xml/Ted King commented on 'frequent network maps: an obvious idea that took forever to happen'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83454714d69e201310f7f99bf970c2010-03-09T09:07:42Z2010-03-09T09:07:42ZTed KingThe SFCityscape link at the beginning of this post is stale and bogus. I think the site may have been...<p>The SFCityscape link at the beginning of this post is stale and bogus. I think the site may have been re-structured. Here are some replacements :<br />
<b>SFCityscape Home Page</b><br />
<a href="http://www.sfcityscape.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sfcityscape.com/</a><br />
<b>SFMuni Mainlines w/ BART + Caltrain</b><br />
PDF] <a href="http://www.sfcityscape.com/maps/bay_area_transit/SF_mainlines.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.sfcityscape.com/maps/bay_area_transit/SF_mainlines.pdf</a><br />
GIF] <a href="http://www.sfcityscape.com/maps/bay_area_transit/SF_mainlines.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.sfcityscape.com/maps/bay_area_transit/SF_mainlines.gif</a><br />
</p>anonymouse commented on 'frequent network maps: an obvious idea that took forever to happen'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83454714d69e20115707c38be970c2009-06-27T17:45:36Z2009-06-27T17:45:36ZanonymouseThe MBTA had a very useful feature on their system map at one point. The "frequent service" bus lines were...<p>The MBTA had a very useful feature on their system map at one point. The &quot;frequent service&quot; bus lines were shown with a thicker line with a different color compared to the regular bus lines. And the very infrequent rush hour only type of services were shown with a thin black line. So at a glance, you could see which routes you could expect to run regularly, and which you&#39;d have to wait for.</p>Michael Perkins commented on 'frequent network maps: an obvious idea that took forever to happen'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83454714d69e201157170fb02970b2009-06-27T14:43:27Z2009-06-27T14:43:27ZMichael Perkinshttp://infosnack.orgThis post rocks. Thanks for finding other examples of this style of map. I made my own for DC and...<p>This post rocks. Thanks for finding other examples of this style of map. I made my own for DC and discussed it here:</p>
<p><a href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=2112" rel="nofollow">http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=2112</a></p>
<p>I&#39;m glad to see some other agencies actually doing that; I was not able to convince WMATA to spend the time. WMATA&#39;s bus service is somewhat complicated which made the map a little difficult.</p>
<p>Direct link to the map is here:</p>
<p><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&source=embed&t=p&msa=0&msid=111188381960074250249.0004670ab254a0763d8fb&ll=38.905461,-77.02755&spn=0.056105,0.085831&z=13" rel="nofollow">http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;source=embed&amp;t=p&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=111188381960074250249.0004670ab254a0763d8fb&amp;ll=38.905461,-77.02755&amp;spn=0.056105,0.085831&amp;z=13</a></p>
<p>I used only bus lines that run every 12 minutes or better from the morning rush through the evening rush. </p>